Agenda 5/23/13 & Minutes 5/16/14
Post date: Jun 4, 2014 9:53:25 PM
Agenda 5/23
Approval of minutes
Reports
Nominations
Plan M
Council forum
Jcomm report
Notes & New business
Council Minutes 5/16/14
Approval of minutes
Reports
(Mod): Welcome new members!
(Treas): Still working on club budgets but what is being requested is more than we have to give.
Motion to transfer all the money left over in the co-curricular funds to the Council funds.
Debate closes.
Motion passes.
(DSB): The new members from the Class of 2018 are Johanna Bandler, Sarah Bozuwa, Aisling Kelly, Harrison Silber, and Collin Rozzi (alt.)
(Admin): Motion to allocate $20 to the admin committee for staff of the year.
Debate closes.
Motion passes.
Student Life survey report:
Things to be most concerned about:
Amount of sleep students are getting.
Amount of homework being given (60% of students felt that the amount of school work given affects their sleep even after managing their time well).
Hope to improve the relationship between students and staff at school.
Scheduling Committee report:
Met in winter/spring of 2013.
Set up to investigate different scheduling options.
Consisted of community, staff, administration, and students.
Main goals: to improve conflicts that cause loss of class time, student stress, exclusivity of Council, lack of a lunch period, and maintain student freedom.
Spent time gathering data, sending out surveys, exploring different models, and creating templates.
Last meeting date: 6/23/13.
Staff has not seen plan T(w).
Plan M:
Might help us talk about other possible plans.
Would provide long break on Wednesday with 5 minutes less of class time.
Council would be shortened by 5 minutes.
Not mutually exclusive with plan T(w).
Motion to implement Plan M.
Overall will be helpful to not have students miss a full class period every week.
Accessibility of Council is great.
The missing 5 minutes can add up quickly.
We discourage long periods of time where students are free.
Many teachers may schedule their x-periods on Wednesdays now
(Administration tells the teachers when they are and aren’t allowed to have x-periods).
Having Council take place during activity period may help us find a more accessible space to meet.
Might solve the problem of tardiness to Council after activity period on Wednesdays
Always will be some issues surrounding time.
Meeting adjourns.